Kevin Spacey to Guy Pearce: ‘Did You Also Tell the Press You Spent Time with Me’ in Savannah, Georgia a Year After Shooting L.A. Confidential?

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SPACEY: "Guy Pearce. I’ve now read the comments that you made about me, and while I would have preferred not to have to play this out in the media, you obviously have your own reasons for wanting to do exactly that. But, we were together a long time ago. You know, if I did something then that upset you, you could have reached out to me, we could have had that conversation. But instead, you’ve decided to speak to the press who are now, of course, coming after me because they would like to know what my response is to the things that you said. You really want to know what my response is? Grow up. Did you also, by the way, tell the press that a year after we shot 'L.A. Confidential,' you flew to Savannah, Georgia, while I was shooting 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,' just to spend time with me? Did you tell the press that, too, or does that not fit into the victim narrative you have going? So, anyway, I apologize that I didn’t get the message that you don’t like spending time with me. I mean, maybe there was another reason, I don’t know, but that doesn’t make any sense that you would have just been leading me on, right? But here you are now on a mission, some 28 years later, after I’ve been through hell and back, to do what? Just in time to stop the bad guy, huh? Is that what’s going on here? What took you so long? Did your horse run out of gas? I mean, you want to have a conversation, I’m happy to do so, anytime, anyplace. We can even do it here live on X if you like, I've got nothing to hide. But, Guy, you need to grow up. You are not a victim."